Thank you for your interest in our
'99 Cruise! These periodicupdates will be sent to those who have requested informationabout the cruise or those already booked. I hope
you enjoy themwhether you decide to book a stateroom or not.
Iíve never founda more relaxing and enjoyable vacation than a seven day
cruise,even though I keep trying.

This year's cruise is on The Enchantment
of the Seas, a oneyear old ship from Royal Caribbean, International.
We'll be leavingMiami on Sunday, January 24, 1999 and visiting St. Thomas,
St.Maarten, and RCL's private island in the Bahamas (Cococay)
beforereturning to Miami on January 31.

This year I will keep a web site with
all the information and postthese updates there as well. Due to strong interest
when I announcedthis year's cruise at the National Convention July 4th,
I've arrangedfor 24 staterooms for our group. The first eight
are now spoken for.Ten inside staterooms and six outside staterooms are
still availableat our great group rates.

There will be an announcement in the
August LP News and Iexpect our group will fill by mid August. If additional
rooms areavailable later they will be at higher rates (brochure
rates are 55%higher), so move quickly to put down a deposit if you
are likely tojoin us. Cancellation with full refund of deposit
is available tillNovember 25th and I'll be keeping a waiting list to fill
cancellationsin the order your deposits are received.

Harry and Pamela Browne were the first to join Ellen and
myselfin booking a stateroom. We hope you and any of
your cruisingfriends can join Brownes and us for this special occasion.

As a first
step for those interested (after learning all theinfo at the web site) I would suggest picking up a Royal
Caribbeanbrochure at your local travel agency titled, "Caribbean
and Bahamas1997-1999". It tells all about their ships
and the itineraries.

The descriptions
of our voyage as well as all the generaldetails of cruising are carefully written for the novice.
Thereare features such as extra baggage insurance, cancellationinsurance, air add-on prices, and pre- and post-cruise
extravacations listed. If you donít have a travel agency
close by,I can arrange to have a copy mailed to you. Just
let me knowif you need that.

Iíll discuss
most of those options in future updates, but thebrochure really does a great job of explaining everything.
I alsolike having the brochure around as the cold winter months
comealong. Part of the fun of cruising is the anticipation!

In preparing
to invite all of you to join us on this cruise, Iasked the agent we used last year, Brooke Parker, if
she couldaccommodate this year's group. She did a very nice
job for us lastyear and agreed to assist us again, getting us a 10%
better group rate!